Smazeny Syr

Let's talk about smazeny syr.

1. It's amazing.
2. It's amazing.
3. It's amazing.

There you go.

Smazeny syr is a food that is very, very Czech. It's something that's not particularly good for you in mass quantities, fried in oil, and then topped with something that's not particularly good for you.

Smazeny syr is fried cheese- syr meaning cheese and smazeny meaning fried. The main cheese used in smaz is Eidam, which is a pretty mild, and by some judges flavorless, cheese. I think it's good.

To make smaz, you take a hunk of cheese, cover it in flour, dip it in egg, coat it in bread crumbs, and fry it in oil. When it's a delightful golden brown color, you remove it from the oil, pat it dry, and serve with tartar sauce.

You can get smazeny syr in restaurants, where it's served as pieces, sort of like a gigantic mozzarella stick. Vendors also sell smaz in Wenceslas Square, where it's served as a patty in a hamburger bun. Then you can put mayo, ketchup, and/or mustard on it.

It's sort of like the dirty water hot dogs of NYC, except much more likely to clog your arteries quicker.

The Czech people really know how to live.